Human-powered Zoetrope for Simulating Sensation of Hemiplegic Walking

Third Space Art Collective, Davis, CA, USA

ID: NTH7

Relevant Skills: mechanical design, biomechanics

I want to build a large scale human-powered zoetrope that simulates the sensation of walking within a hemiplegic body. The zoetrope will be engineered in such a way that a modified elliptical trainer (or a machine approximating it’s motion) will spin the mechanism, and the animation viewed by the able-bodied human powering the zoetrope will be a sculptural representation of a hemiplegic person walking (probably modeled after myself.)

My intent is to have this be on display for an art exhibit and forum at Third Space Art Collective that will focus on the art of young stroke survivors and the important role that the creative process plays in redefining one's life after stroke. I'm applying for grants that would help with the financial demands of the project and those of organizing the art exhibit and forum.